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The male Balfom Apple, 



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2 Balfamwaf&mwA. 



The female Balfam Apple. 



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1 T *!?£*£ Bal '^ A u PP !^ hath Ion § fmaI1 and tender branches, fet with teues like thofc 

 . J[ of the Vine, and the like fraall clafping tendrels wherewith it catcheth hold of fucb 



f«m- «i ^ th, °8 sa i5 rowr « ereit . n°«blc by reafon of his weakenefle to ftandvprigbt without 

 fome pole or other thing to fupport it. The fanes confift of Hue fmall Jeaues of mean bignes, tfd 

 are of a feint yellow colour : which being paft,there come inplace long Apples, fomething fl*l* 

 toward the point,aImoft like an egge,rough all ouer, as it were with fmall harmelelTe prickles,^ 

 both within and without when they be ripe,and clcaueth in funder of themfelues : in toe AppkH' 

 ctn great broad flat feed,Iike thofe of Pompion or Citrull, but fomthingblacke when they be*; 



tnered. The root is threddv.and fHfnrrfeth i* <%!ft> f«,k«,j ;., .u ° j 



far abroad 



v;"* — *" " j "-w«/,«»uu uupciicrn icicire raraoroaain tne ground. 



The female Balm-Apple doth not a little differ from the former: it brines forth folks not 

 running or chming like the other,but a moil thick and fat trunk or ftock full of juice, in fubfiance 

 like the ftalks of Purflane.ofa reddifh colour,and fomwhat rtiining.The leaues be long &d»** 

 m fhape like thofe of Willow or the Peach tree,fomewhat toothed or notched about the edges 1 * 

 mong which grow the floures,of an incarnat colour tending to bIewnefTe,bauing a fmall fpune * 

 JSfiSS^ T l ° SS u ath Che Larks hcele,of a faire light crimfon colour 1 in their places co*W 

 2,;Il?nt P r P , rou § h * nd bairy, but IelTer than thofe of the former, yellow when they be rip 



7* h I m L e A „^i eaU « af "u d ? of tbemfelnes, and caft abroad their feeds much like vnto E*t» 

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it refteth difputable. 



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